ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Indefinitely After Host’s Charlie Kirk Comments

This is fascism.

Boo! Fuck these cowards for giving into Trump

I record him every night and watch his opening monologue every morning while having breakfast - he's the only one I find 'laugh-out-loud' funny. Not sure what he said which was so offensive - he seemed to be very careful with what he said and condoned political violence.

Disgusting! Scary! Shameful! I hate what's going on here.

Fuck that free-speech shit, as long as you praise Trump and Jesus!

I hate it here.

Fuck ABC. There isn’t room for them all to be FauxNews-minded. Eventually, they’ll crash and burn from playing along with this idiocy.

R3 You find Jimmy Kimmel laugh-out-loud funny? Dear lord

Thanks for telling us what he said, OP

I can’t believe that his tentacles are so far reaching.

Haha! He’s a cunt.

There is a god!!!

r11 is hoping he's replaced with Rob Schneider

Disney isn't censoring Kimmel. Nexstar is.

What he said:

[QUOTE] The uproar started after Kimmel said suspected Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson was a MAGA Republican. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.

[QUOTE] Kimmel’s comments about the Charlie Kirk shooting during Tuesday’s show drew condemnation from Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr. That, in turn, prompted one group of ABC affiliates, owned by Nexstar Media Group, to declare they will not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the immediate future, which then led ABC to announce the show was being taken off the air “indefinitely.”

r9, this is the rest of the article so far. I don't know if "more to come" means they will update this one or do a new one.

"In his monologue Monday night , Kimmel said that the “MAGA gang” was trying to score political points off Kirk’s murder. Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was shot and killed Sept. 10 at a debate at Utah Valley University. Three days later, authorities announced they had arrested the suspected shooter.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said.

More to come..

Fox News openly calls for homeless people to be killed but the right doesn't care

Whoa!

Oh, I got it wrong? First Nexstar banned it so ABC just yanked it totally?! Sheesh

Trump's minions have been pressuring ABC

The 1935 German Nuremberg laws passed and we now enter Germany - 1936 territory. viel Glück

Like Icarus getting to close to the sun, you can't think you are indestructible. There are limits, even on late night, where people have pushed the envelope maybe as far as it will go.

"Like Icarus getting to close to the sun, you can't think you are indestructible"

But if you call for homeless people to be euthanized, it's totally fine, right?

Fox News openly calls for homeless people to be killed but the right doesn't care

The person who said that apologized. Maybe Jimmy was asked to and refused.

I hope all the stars start boycotting ABC

Well now Jimmy may have no reason to stay in the United States; he has said that he wants to move to Italy anyway.

Can they pull The View too?!

I've been waiting for normal Americans who don't follow the news closely to start figuring out what's going on. This will help.

Disgusting but also not surprising. And it’s a warning — SNL better scrap any Trump skits if they want to stay on the air past October.

I just wanna say something. I’m seeing some of you say this is wrong but look at r5 comment.

You seem to want free speech yet supported a man being murdered for free speech…

Who is the idiot poster on here who wants liberal viewpoints silenced?

"The person who said that apologized"

Doesn't change what he said, if he didn't believe it, he wouldn't have said it in the first place

And other people on Fox have said worse things and kept their jobs

Or maybe not. Lorne can dig in an get canned after retire with some dignity.

Speaking as a Chinese lesbian I am appalled

[quote] I’m seeing some of you say this is wrong but look at [R5] comment.

The person at r5 was obviously being sarcastic.

Is the Kirk shooting the Reichstag Fire 2.0?

[quote]Speaking as a Chinese lesbian

That would be fun to do at parties.

I know it's a long way away, but this makes me wonder about the next Oscars and how much they will censor it and the speeches. It airs on ABC and Conan is supposed to host.

Awards shows have already been cutting back on political talk. It was allowed at this years Oscars nor Golden Globes

r36, I'd compare it to the shooting of Ernst vom Rath, which led to Kristallnacht

[quote]this makes me wonder about the next Oscars and how much they will censor it and the speeches.

The networks and the Academy haven't cared about losing a wide swath of the potential audience before now regarding viewership of the Oscars, so maybe that will still be the case.

R40 Thanks

More like Russia and Hungary every single day.

[quote]I'd compare it to the shooting of Ernst vom Rath, which led to Kristallnacht

So you're saying that Kimmel is like a German Nazi diplomat. Okay.

You're pussies ABC, grow some balls!

double thanks R40. Polish assassin Herschel Grynszpan was a snack!

[quote] this makes me wonder about the next Oscars and how much they will censor it and the speeches.

Never change, DL.

You're worried about the Oscars while the country burns down around you.

How is that even offensive or in bad taste?

[quote]More like Russia and Hungary every single day.

But that means that we can alternate between borscht and goulash instead of having only one or the other.

Jimmy used to be so entertaining.

Kimmel on BlueSky the day of Kirk's shooting:

Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.

Not good enough for the party of not-so-free speech, apparently.

"So you're saying that Kimmel is like a German Nazi diplomat."

Nope. I was saying that, when a Jewish man shot a Nazi, the Nazis used it as a pretext to demonize all Jews and crack down on dissent. Just like conservatives are using Kirk's murder to crack down on dissent

R44 no dimwit its a loose comparison but provocative. A polish jew killed nazi vom Rath and the response was Kristallnacht on jews in Germany. The loose analogy being the response to Kirk's murder might be the right exacting revenge on the "left" beause trump and his ss are determined to pin this on left extremism.

But they SWORE they would only cancel TRANS!!!!

Gimme a break, I sure deserve one.

We the American people need to revolt. Start by picking one day for no one to show up for work. Exceptions only to Hospitals, Fire Depts and Police Depts.

[quote] But that means that we can alternate between borscht and goulash instead of having only one or the other.

Both taste horrible with soy beans once destined for China

I am going to cancel my Disney+ subscription "indefinitely."

[quote] Like Icarus getting to close to the sun, you can't think you are indestructible. There are limits, even on late night, where people have pushed the envelope maybe as far as it will go.

Dump and MAGA are Icarus...

AI hoax?

There aren't a lot of third rails in American politics, but for the moment, Charlie Kirk is a third rail. People should bite their tongue until all this passes.

He spoke his mind and for that his corporate bosses will fire him, because they are caving (no surprise) to the pressure of an authoritarian-bent government.

Jimmy Kimmel said nothing that could be construed as offensive about a horrible murder.

You mean until they come with a new forbidden topic r61, which will eventually be a very, very long list. But then again, as a natural serf and a cult member, I'm sure you'll be fine with that.

r62, define "virtue-signaling"

And do you think Scott Baio and all the conservative stars are windbags, too?

Charlie Kirk was a fucking white supremacist Christian Nationalist fascist. FUCK ABC!

This is the comment that ultimately caused ABC to cancel Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.

Comment was made shortly after the 9/11 attacks, but ABC quickly cooled toward the show, cancelling it in June 2002.

[quote]"We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, [it's] not cowardly."

[Quote] You're worried about the Oscars while the country burns down around you.

well maybe California

Nexstar wants FCC approval of its $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna. Either FCC Chief Brendan Carr pressured them to preempt Kimmel on their stations or they did it proactively to curry favor.

The love of money is indeed the root of all evil.

I don't give a shit about Kirk. He's dead, move on.

R27 - I don’t know how The View could survive this regime and ABC’s automatic capitulation to DUMP. Their hot topics depend on talking about Dump. They might as well just pull it off the air.

And damn straight celebrities need to start boycotting ABC/Disney. See how far they get casting Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio in everything.

I don’t think people still understand where we are headed.

Everything keeps happening that we said would happen.

Do you get it yet?

[quote]See how far they get casting Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio in everything.

I'd be happy to be cast in anything, but I'm busy right now with my new job with ICE

r47, eh,I'm definitely worried about the country burning down as well. I was just thinking about the future (if there is one). If something this mild can get you pulled off the air indefinitely, it seems like all the old rules are out the window and I just don't see how the Oscars or anything else will be able to censor itself enough to satisfy the Dictator Wannabe. Dark times.

[quote]I don’t think people still understand where we are headed.

True, but as far we know, the expanding universe is infinite, so we're not going to hit anything.

OMG. Fascism.

I hope Seth Meyers continues to rip Trump a new one

And I hope SNL does, too

Kirk is just the excuse. Trump is the real reason this happened.

I hope Colbert burns it all down tonight in his monologue.

[quote]If something this mild can get you pulled off the air indefinitely, it seems like all the old rules are out the window

Can you imagine his monologue, maybe any of his monologues, being done by any host on national television 20 or 30 years ago? The old rules went out some time ago.

The right wing are the champions of virtue signaling. For example, them raising the confederate flag.

If SNL was really smart, they would go hard-core South Park this season. Balls to the wall.

Now I hate the MSM too, but for a different reason. I was avoiding CBS because of them caving in, now ABC which I still trusted. Are NBC and PBS long to resist. Even Meet the Press has become very tentative.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Apparently, this is no longer valid...

for ya R61

Charlie Kirk was as beautiful on the inside as he was on the outside.

Speaking of South Park, they didn't air their show this week. Was supposed to be today. They say it's because they weren't finished with it, but if that's the truth, it's only the second time in the show's history that they've ever not done a show when planned because it wasn't complete. I think they weren't finished because there is a battle going on internally with Paramount regarding the content.. Even that show feels the power of Trump during these dark times.

The American people need to put their differences aside and come together. It's possible because it happened with 9/11.

Legacy media cannot die soon enough.

FCC Head Brendan Carr wants to see more of this ... and likely will. Any bets on who/what is next to go down?

Yes, we need to come together against Trump, the Cult, and the growing fascism in this country. Agreed r87.

Can The Data Lounge be far behind?

100 bucks says his show never comes back. This is a permanent cancellation.

No it won’t R28. He barely manages 1.5 million viewers and frequently less. He can only get around 200k from 18-49. That’s terrible. Late night is dead. It’s an echo chamber.

I don't understand how a network affiliate could get a show cancelled or suspended nationally.

Whoopi, you in danger, girl.

The new fall season on ABC will be great! Dancing with the MAGA Stars! Submit to the Bachelor. The only VIEW you need to know about. General Hospital for Muricans Only! Grey's Creationisim, The Rookie...who shoots the coloreds.

r94, they own a large number of affiliates. Pre-empting it essentially removes the ad revenue. Very few affiliates are owned and operated by ABC. Nexstar is a very conservative organisation.

"Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump...Must Obey Trump..."---------------->>Corporate America

Well, was he lying?

I watch Kimmels monologues. He wasn't over the top or offensive this week. This is ABC looking for an excuse to ax Jimmy like CBS did Colbert.....He ain't cheap.

Given the media companies' eagerness to curry favor with Trump, it seems like an increasing number of outlets are competing for a decreasing (to judge from the polls) audience of Trump fans. How will that work out economically?

The mainstream media also caved for years after 9/11. The result was the fast growth of the anti-Bush blogosphere.

We have many more tools than we had in the 2000s. So do they. But Americans don’t typically react well to this kind of censorship.

You all need to realize as r97 said local news is the real villains. These conservative corporations have been buying local new stations for a long time now. They are all little malicious Fox New’s.

Damnit, they've gone too far now! I'm a big Jimmy Kimmel fan! Adios Disney and Hulu!

It's up to you Steven Colbert (for the duration) and SNL.

Sic 'em!!

*are the real villains

[bold] I don't think we come back from this. ALL of it. Trump. The GOP fear of him. The The Supreme Court. Charlie Kirk. The Maga national takeover with rigging the elections with gerrymandering. This isn't something Democrats will recover from. The people with the tanks almost always win in uprisings. [/bold] That's not us.

If anyone wants to know where this country is headed, all you have to do is watch the movie "2073". Every days news is stuff directly from it. Best advice: buy that movie before it's too late and it's removed.

Trump said "Kimmel's next" when Colbert's show was axed. Get used to this stuff.

Everyone should re-read (perhaps I should say READ) Shirer's [italic]The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,[/italic] because what he describes in the latter years of the Weimar Republic is very close to what America is dealing with right now.

Unlike Russia/USSR and its former satellites, Weimar was a strong effort at creating a genuine democracy. Hitler actually gamed the democratic system and levers of government to gain power. Ultimately the people voted in their own destructor.

Use freedom of speech to enthrall audiences.

Use freedom of assembly to hold massive marches and rallies to demonstrate their numbers and intimidate trade unions and "good government" believers.

Use freedom of the press to push your message out, until you get where you want--then shut out all voices other than yours.

Use the voting system to gain a little more in each election, until you've created a huge bloc of party faithful. Then when you have the numbers in the Reichstag, strong-arm the government, worm the top guy into the second-in-command, then look for the opportunity to nudge the #1 out, then Presto! You're now a Fascist regime!

[quote] [R94], they own a large number of affiliates. Pre-empting it essentially removes the ad revenue. Very few affiliates are owned and operated by ABC. Nexstar is a very conservative organisation.

OK. But it diminishes ad revenue for the affiliate AND the network, right? So does Nexstar have to pay Disney for the ad revenue it generates from the program that it runs instead of Kimmel?

R96 You need to try and get a job with Colbert while he's still on the air. Those jokes are better than his. (and i love Colbert)

Tonight’s guests on “Late Night with Stephen Miller” are James Woods and Scott Baio with a special musical performance from Lara Trump.

Dear Leader Trump can’t bare the humiliation by late night.

This one is going to bite them in the ass in a major way. Stupid chicken shit fucks.

I would be very nervous at The View studio right now. You know they won't be allowed to even mention Kimmel tomorrow.

I fear DL and similar platforms are next.

CNN walking on eggshells right now just trying to convey this story.

I wasn't this scared after 9/11.

I wasn’t this scared on 9/11 and I was on the 81st floor of the South tower after the second plane hit!

Charlie Kirk was all about free speech, and if you disagree you’ll be muzzled.

R19-you quite that!

He needs to create a YT channel and talk all the shit he wants - as much as YT will let him get away with at least

There was no way DL was gonna even get a chuckle out of me. I'm too stunned. Frozen.

But damn R112 made me laugh.

Every day is worse than the one before.

This Trump 2.0 term is worse than we imagined, and we imagined the worst. Just like Trump 1.0.

For everyone but especially R112 in case he hasn't seen it........

Didn't Shitler boast after Colbert was cancelled Kimmel was next? Sure Jimmy was expecting this yet he did not self censor. Bravo.

R34 In the song "It Aint' Etiquette"" by Cole Porter, he asks "Is it true what they say about Chinese girls?" 34 Can you tell us if it's true?

He ain’t lying!

Jimmy's got more money than God so I doubt he's too worried about this.

Fuck every Trump voter. If they didn't see this coming they were fools.

I'm sure he's sickened by it r129. The fact that he has money probably makes him even more determined not to just roll over and play dead for the whores and grifters of the cult.

Isn’t about them wanting to go after Kimmel or his anti-Trump comments tgemeselves. It’s about this and the other TV networks attempting to keep themselves viable and in Trump’s good grace at the sake of anybody or anything going counter our government’s decisions, favors, and wrath.

R130 they’re applauding it.

Nothing will make them cry Uncle. Absolutely nothing.

I’m glad Rosie got out of the US

^Sorry, trying this again:

“This isn’t about them wanting to go after Kimmel or his anti-Trump comments themselves. It’s about this and the other TV networks attempting to keep themselves viable, and in Trump’s good grace, at the sake of anybody or anything going counter our government’s decisions, favors, and wrath.”

R133 Correct. They screamed for years riling themselves up into rage monsters over pedophiles only to watch Trump and his minions shut down releasing the Epstein files while EVERYONE acknowledged Trump was in them and assuredly not in a benign way. Their response? Ehhh so what he’s our pedo and he’s hurting the people we hate so fuck it.

Kimmel said nothing about Charlie Kirk, his comments were about the MAGA Gang who has attempted to distort the facts that his murder was a Mormon raised in conservative Utah, by a conservative NRA Trump supporting MAGA father who taught him how to shoot rifles and raised this kid. 99% of everything in this kids life was conservative but the right wants to blame the left.

I don't watch Kimmel but I don't hate him, just don't watch. In fact I watch almost nothing on ABC, but I do have a HULU subscription which I will be cancelling, if ABC likes cancel culture let them enjoy that.

[/bold] RIGHT NOW ON FOX NEWS = [/bold] "Radical Left gushing over the Assassins' "Love Story"..........This is what they are throwing in the MAGA trough............

Keep your head down. Don't make waves. Avoid large gay gatherings. These people are really getting stirred up against us. It's scary.

Just cancelled my Hulu with Disney+ subscription. It won't make a big difference to their bottom lines, but I feel better.

Exactly r137. The new rule is it's not good enough to love and worship St. Charles Kirk. You must also refuse to notice that the Trump Cult is exploiting his death and embrace the newthought that the Left and Only the Left is responsible for all of Tyler's actions.

Fascism comes slowly at first and then all at once.

My Hulu subscription ends tonight. Fuck you all the way, ABC.

MAGA don't give a damn about the dozens (at least) of JKL staffers and their families who are affected by this irrational, cockamamie censorship.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" was the only show I watched on ABC and WABC. May be time to cut the cord.

I would suggest he is the primary of many third rails.

Meh this was not unexpected at least not to me. Old guard broadcast media is desperately scrambling to stay alive. That's why there are so many mergers going on. These corporate bozos will purge whatever and whomever offends their dwindling customer base which at this point seems to be overrun with MAGA throwback neanderthals. Kimmel and Colbert and any others should go independent. A new direction, untethered from corporate and government parasites, is needed as those old guard media structures continue to collapse. If you're cancelling your subscriptions, bravo! Hasten their collapse because they cannot survive on MAGA dollars alone.

I wonder what Kimmel's bff Adam Carolla has to say about this

Who's next then? Seth Meyers?

Untethered is good. Trump also going after Antifa AND they’re donors-Yike!

Let me guess, they’ll be replacing him with course videos from Prager U.

then Fallon.

I feel physically ill by this.

The country has shifted. You can call me a “Mary” and hysterical and crazy and a doom scroller and all that other horsehit everyone always says when you point out the obvious.

But we are here now. Everyone always said you will know when you are at the point when things really turned. They have turned now. It’s different now.

It will never be the way it was, again.

[quote]We the American people need to revolt.

American people are already pretty revolting.

[quote]Let me guess, they’ll be replacing him with course videos from Prager U.

Nope. Reruns of "The Apprentice."

I'm getting flashbacks to "unless you kowtow to the Bush administration, the terrorists win."

[quote] It won't make a big difference to their bottom lines

Well, Target is suffering from their capitulation, so it can work.

If I knew Antifa existed I would donate.

No wait. No giving money to agents provocateurs.

‘’ Frank! -I think I’m getting one of my sick headaches’’

R150, [quote] You can call me a “Mary” and hysterical and crazy and a doom scroller and all that other horsehit everyone always says when you point out the obvious.

You're a f'kin Mary! You're hysterical. You're a crazy doom scroller!!

You're also absolutely correct!!

Kimmel was going to retire anyway-Dump gave him a pretty push…

Yeah. Nothing more than that r158

Yeah, I get it r150. I'm not having panic attacks or anything, but I am feeling a real, deep, physical anxiety today that I haven't really felt before.

I'm not gonna run out into the street crying "DOOM, DOOM is upon us all!" tonight. But I'm not sure about tomorrow night.

I am ANTIFA

The U.S. needs our own "Nepal crowds destroying the government" moment. I'm expecting the current administration will attempt to put some kind of stranglehold on something specific to the younger generations (that the ancient fossils in government dangerously underestimate), and then we'll possibly see to see some coherent revolutionary violence against those clinging to power via authoritarianism. I'm still betting this catalyst being a big war push where the government tries to reinstate the draft. The younger generations overwhelmingly don't watch or read legacy media or follow shows on broadcast stations. They're also under intense pressure because of the shitshow going on, but most of what is going on is only affecting established and outdated institutions that the youngs don't care about. A lot of people feel this attitude to be a huge flaw, but I don't. These old systems need to collapse. For the youth, something that hits closer to home will be the flashpoint. I hope it comes soon. Or, in the alternative, that the demented president fucking dies already.

I hate everything today.

I feel both frightened and saddened for you Americans.

Brendon Carr = Trump sycophant.

I'll just stop watching ABC in response. .

R138 Last I read is that nobody (on either side) was buying those alleged text messages.

I was going to join Antifa but I then I got you tube TV on my IPad.

Trump ‘’Presidency’’ is like a slow motion 9/11 day after day…

[quote]I hope Colbert burns it all down tonight in his monologue.

If I’m right, the news about Kimmel broke on the east coast just before 7 and doesn’t Colbert tape his show around 4:30? If so, it may not be in his monologue tonight. I will, however, be tuning in to find out.

These TV station ownership groups are the root of a lot of evil.

Gray, which owns a bevy of stations, is also run by a MAGAT. A wanna-be trump down to the fake tan and trophy wife. Odious.

Kimmel condemned t he shooting very clearly and emphatically. He then condemned political violence. He did this when it happened and he did it again a day or two later. The comments that got him suspended were critical of MAGA. And they came for him. The affiliates were organized by a Trump appointed FCC commissioner who threatened ABC. This is a purge. Colbert, Terry Moran, Jim Acosta, the CBS deal, etc.etc.etc.

Maryland - September 17, 2025 - Sinclair, the nation's largest ABC affiliate group, objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

As discussed with ABC earlier today, Sinclair decided to indefinitely preempt "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" beginning tonight. Following these discussions, ABC has suspended production of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

"Mr. Kimmel's remarks were inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country," said Vice Chairman Jason Smith. "We believe broadcasters have a responsibility to educate and elevate respectful, constructive dialogue in our communities. We appreciate FCC Chairman Carr's remarks today and this incident highlights the critical need for the FCC to take immediate regulatory action to address control held over local broadcasters by the big national networks."

Sinclair's ABC stations will air a special in remembrance of Charlie Kirk this Friday, during Jimmy Kimmel Live's timeslot.

The special will also air across all Sinclair stations this weekend. In addition, Sinclair is offering the special to all ABC affiliates across the country.

Sinclair will not lift the suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on our stations until formal discussions are held with ABC regarding the network's commitment to professionalism and accountability.

Sinclair also calls upon Mr. Kimmel to issue a direct apology to the Kirk family. Furthermore, we ask Mr. Kimmel to make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk Family and Turning Point USA.

Regardless of ABC's plans for the future of the program, Sinclair intends not to return "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to our air until we are confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.

They've stepped over a big line.

We are Russia now. No better than fucking RUSSIA.

R175 Sinclair has always been the most conservative station group. It owns the local station in Lynchburg, VA.

[bold] UPDATE [/bold]....Kimmel is pissed. Trump bragging about Kimmel cancelled. I wouldn't be surprised if Kimmel walks.

This is it. I don't see Kimmel returning. How could he? He can't do MAGA or TRUMP jokes anymore, or he has to clear his jokes first? That's going to be a daily battle with the network. But ABC will probably keep the show (they use it to promote ABC and Hulu programs). ABC has seen plenty of guest hosts every summer when Jimmy goes on vacation.

isn't it past your jail time?

I'll have to have a coffee to watch Meyers

Kimmel can go to Netflix.

[quote] Sinclair's ABC stations will air a special in remembrance of Charlie Kirk this Friday, during Jimmy Kimmel Live's timeslot.

Barf.

This was inevitable and will soon include Fallon and Meyer. Jimmy Kimmel should definitely sue and meet us on Saturday at the nearest overpass. ( We provide the signs )

I love Jimmy Kimmel. Best late-night host of them all.

Every night I watch his opening monologue on YouTube.

Disney--back the fuck off. Cowards.

Well, I was never going to subscribe to Disney-Plus.

Now I definitely won't.

A new tactic. Expect them to run it into the ground.

Will Sinclair get NBC to fire Seth and Jimmy Fallon?

R178 Kimmel had to be convinced to sign his latest contract. Wouldn't shock me if he walked.

But I suspect he'll just be cancellled now.

**BEARKING** The FBI has raided Antifa headquarters in Aurora, IL!

this is it y’all. they just torched the first amendment. no coming back now.

No it does not dimish ad revenue for the local affilate. Honestly Late night shows pull shit ratings. Kimmel pulls a 1.6. THey can probably run re-runs of Mama's famiy and pull a 1.6.

As horrible as all of this is...could this pave the way for more people to shift to online services?

Rumors have been floating that Colbert, Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow are trying to start their own media company.

R193 You can say that and I think you’re completely stupid because you’re not understanding what’s really happening.

However, you have the right to say that. Now imagine if the FCC threatened the network that employed you because you said that.

[quote]They canceled Roseanne for something similar. Cause are insulted Obama’s friend. No one was screaming fascism then.

So do you get an erection fantasizing over Donald unloading his freshly-soiled diaper all over your face?

[quote]They canceled Roseanne for something similar. Cause are insulted Obama’s friend. No one was screaming fascism then.

Kimmel used a racist slur against someone?

We have a president who takes time from a state visit to the UK to tweet that some late night show hosts are 'losers'

What a great man for our children to look up to

r193 ABC canceled “Roseanne” Tuesday morning after the show’s lead, Roseanne Barr, let off a series of racist tweets the night prior. The tweets included a comment referring to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”

Kimmel said on Monday: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

The late-night host also criticised flags being flown at half mast in honour of Kirk, and mocked the president's reaction to the shooting.

"This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish,"

Kid of not the same.

Roseanne insulted a whole race of people. You types who concentrate on race should be more aware of that.

Do the Antifans have a flag? Or a uniform?

So is Antifa really a thing? I mean is there really a radical left? This isn’t 1969.

On the other hand, the last eight and a half months we’ve been living through is creating one.

They say "anti-fascist" like it's a bad thing.

They were planning this behind the scenes for a minute. It's very coordinated. They were just waiting for the opportunity to deploy this new tactic.

[bold] ANOTHER UPDATE= [/bold] FCC CHAIR (on Hannity, of course) says there are MORE to go?...........Do Fallon and The View need to run to U-Haul and get some packing boxes?

[quote] So is Antifa really a thing? I mean is there really a radical left? This isn’t 1969.

Think 1933. Kinda went underground after a certain failed painter took power.

How the hell will Seth Myers survive.?

^ most folks think he's already cancelled

"Antifa" means anti-fascism.

Donald Trump and his administration works to create fascism. Trump is in favor of fascism. Trump is not against fascism at all.

R109 here. I forgot to mention two other elements of Fascist takeover:

Corrupt the Judiciary, purge all judges who might/do interfere in your usurpation, so that what's left are the True Believers, the Roland Freislers.

"Other" all inconvenient minorities early, often, constantly. Disposess them, sack them from their jobs/professions, create the idea of them being monsters and despoilers, until simply BEING that minority becomes a criminal offense. Once that happens, you literally can do with/to them whatever you wish to.

Who needs to be occupied by a hostile foreign power when our corporate overlords turn Quisling when the chairman of the fucking FCC says a few nasty words. God, what cowards they are...

AUG 7, 2025 = "Trump repeats claim Kimmel, Fallon are ‘next’ after Stephen Colbert cancellation".................

He is controlling the media. The narrative. And he has only been back for months. Democracy is over. The ONLY person who will win in 2028 is the person who TRUMP chooses. I don't even think it's going to be Vance.

Trump will have rotted away by then

R213 = That's even scarier because the next one might be even more MAGA and crazy.

Channel 7, the ABC affiliate here in NYC, just said on their newscast that the news tonight will be followed by “Celebrity Family Feud.” Disgusting.

Nobody has mentioned this yet so I will.

Officially, Colbert was canceled. Kimmel was suspended, (although it's probably the end).

Colbert is still scheduled to run thru May 2026....(I might be off on the date).

How much farther will Colbert make it now?

Colbert's producers must be freaking out trying to figure out how to handle this. Ratings-wise, the best thing they could do is bring Kimmel on as Colbert's guest. (which, by contract, ABC wouldn't allow).

What does Colbert say in his monologue?

I posted about fascism regular during the first Trump administration.

I knew this fucker would win again if he wasn’t dealt with properly from 2020-2024, and sadly, I was correct.

I honestly don’t know if we’re coming back from this. And the scariest part is that we have obscenely wealthy, very powerful people behind the scenes working in consort in order to spread this world wide.

Let me tell you all something- if it’s happened here, it will easily happen elsewhere. All it takes is time, and the relentless unleashing of disinformation & propaganda via social media, and BOOM! Another country bites the dust.

This is not going to stop. These fuckers are going to hammer away day after day, until they get what they want, so understand that unless we come together and create a GREAT, well coordinated movement against them, they will probably win.

How can we change this? 30% of our country, at minimum, either want this, and/or have no clue what’s going on, as they march to the voting booths, mindlessly going down their ballots, checking off for everything that has an “R” next to it.

We MUST win over the hearts and minds of our younger voters. Without them, it’s a very dark future, & I am not sure how that happens, if all they are exposed to are lies.

The left needs a Charlie Kirk. But before they find him, it needs a plan and a message that they connect to.

Where is that plan? Where is that message?

Are we all too caught up in the daily minutiae of Epstein to create one and target our youth? Because I’m going to tell you all right now, crowing about Epstein on a daily basis isn’t what’s going to touch the hearts and minds of people who can’t even afford to live in their own apartment or buy their first home.

We need to move away from this Kirk business. Let the courts take care of it.

Now, we need something new and real that’s OURS, and that stands up and remains resilient, when the rubber meets the road.

One overall message, one leader, one goal: get these fascists out of local to federal government, and keep them out, and MAKE BEING AN AMERICAN AFFORDABLE AGAIN!

All of this is awful. I loathe the pressure and attacks that Trump and his administration are making simply because they don't like what is being said. These actions by government officials in response to statement that essentially are comments on how our government operates are the MOST protected form.of speech under the First Amendment.

I am more angry at the private companies that are folding to Trump for purely business reasons. Every one of these companies would have a slam dunk suit against the government if it took the threatened action. Look at Harvard and the others who have challenged the government, they are winning every step of the suits because the situation involves a clear constitutional violation.

I think the companies that aren't standing up to protect themselves by suiting may be a larger problem than Trump. He isn't going to stop if the targets don't make him through suit.

Kimmel has been quiet. I can't fathom he will be appearing on ABC again. Would you want to remain employed by a company that won't stand up for its own rights and protect you? He may have to wait out his contract term or negotiate an end to it but his exit is coming.

I have Comcast internet/cable TV (,which owns NBC). NBC likely is the next target. If it folds like ABC and CBS have done, I'm dumping Comcast and will clearly explain to the minion representative why I'm taking my services and cash elsewhere.

This Trump bullshit is partially the fault of Biden and his enablers. And plenty of blame to Kamala---who thought a fat feminine nobody in Minnesota would somehow get her to the White House because he called Republicans weird. Too bad SHE didn't realize she picked a weirdo.

R218, these companies you speak of our largely owned by conservatives, or by those who make their money by making deals with conservative conglomerates.

There’s no escaping their tentacles, other than by voting them out & keeping them out of

That’s the only solution. It’s up to us, we the people.

The real weirdo is the one who zeroes in on Tim Walz as the problem. What a bizarre obsession. (His calling the Republicans weird actually had a lot of traction until the obtuse Democratic consultants shut him down.)

*keeping them out of government. ^

Sinclair’s ‘’Kirk Special’’ sounds like a great way to lose viewers.

R219=Trump Troll

I assumed the issue with Kimmel’s comments was the part about the shooter being a MAGA supporter, and that’s been reasonably established as untrue.

Other people who’ve gotten slammed for “Kirk had it coming” comments are definitely being subjected to huge over reactions for voicing their opinions, like a doctor who got fired for saying that at work. Sure, it was at work, but in front of a small group and it was an opinion. Kimmel is saying things that aren’t true, isn’t he? And he knows they aren’t true and he knows some people will believe him.

I do not like this witch-hunt environment and I think pulling Kimmel’s show is over the top, but I see a distinction between someone responding inappropriately to a violent death and someone making shit up.

Maybe I’m biased because I have strongly disliked Kimmel since he claimed that he was grateful to the dedicated medical professionals who saved his son who was sick with a heart condition, but sad that if it was a poor kid without insurance he would have died. Which is just nonsense.

I’m not following this closely, so if I’ve gotten something mixed up I’m grateful to be corrected .

Let's be idiots who blame Democrats for what MAGA Republicans do.

Remember more than a third of eligible voters couldn't be bothered to vote because as they invariably say, "Why bother? Both parties are exactly alike!"

Boycotting ABC would probably backfire as the MAGAts and their ilk will leave it on 24 hours a day to keep their ratings up.

I hope people realize how dangerous this is, what a huge leap into fascism. The fucked up thing is that after barely eight months, Trump is already on the ropes, weakened by his incompetence and blatant criminality! Instead of getting off the sinking ship, many are eagerly kowtowing to him! Skydance/Paramount is seeking to buy Warner Bros/Discovery for cash. Such monumental media consolidation would never be approved under Clinton, Obama or Biden, but Trump's administration is likely eager to let Edgar Bronfman do whatever he likes!

[quote]Jimmy's got more money than God so I doubt he's too worried about this.

You do realize the whole staff will be losing their full-time jobs and healthcare coverage too, right?

[quote]I am more angry at the private companies that are folding to Trump for purely business reasons. Every one of these companies would have a slam dunk suit against the government if it took the threatened action.

Which is why Teddy Roosevelt broke that shit up; this kind of mega-conglomerate beast we've seen over the last generation should NEVER have been allowed to be created, or exist.

Airlines buying up their less profitable competitors, then shrinking seating, keeping ticket prices artificially high, eliminating food service, etc.

Cable companies being allowed to purchase other cable companies, local TV/radio stations television and cable networks, newspapers, theme parks, professional sports teams, and more.

Food companies being allowed to buy restaurant chains, alcohol and soft beverage companies, family farms, commercial farms/agribusinesses, biochemical firms (GMO for everybody!).

Petrochemical giants being allowed to buy up their competitors, buy out inventors who've developed alternative energy concepts--then sit on them so the fossil fuel monster continues to roll unimpressed.

On and on and on, [italic]ad nauseam.[/italic]

Anti-competition vertical integration is a religion from the pit of Hell.

Hulu and Disney+ subscription now cancelled.

I’m baffled as to what was so wrong about Kimmel’s remarks. They are exactly correct.

[quote]This Trump bullshit is partially the fault of Biden and his enablers. And plenty of blame to Kamala...

Christ, I knew some gold-plated A-hole would get this insane comment in. NO, you dipshit, NOTHING that Trump is doing is Democrats fault, they are not the ones dismantling the Constitution and turning us into a fascist state!

Are you seriously this stupid AND demented? I blame ALL rump voters and the non-voters. My first thought was that I hope all of this chaos prevents any brainiacs from creating a payoff fun for MAGA farmers! I want them to be crushed without another dime of government welfare!

I despair.

[quote]Hulu and Disney+ subscription now cancelled.

I finally get a tiny role on Only Murders in the Building this season, and now this!

I'm glad Trump is fighting the REAL enemy - late night talk show hosts!

R225, the Fox News crowd is still claiming Melissa Hortman's murderer was a Democrat, which isn't true. Should we fire everyone at Fox?

I guess Jake tapper got the last laugh.

r227

[quote]but Trump's administration is likely eager to let Edgar Bronfman do whatever he likes!

I'm sure his son in law is pleased, too!

[quote] Let's be idiots who blame Democrats for what MAGA Republicans do.

Let's be idiots who blame Republicans when it was weak Democrats who got us into this mess.

Well my take is that we’re simply going to see a shift of liberal media turning into conservative media.

It’s not the end of the world, we’re just going to be alienated like conservatives have for the last 10 years outside of Fox News.

That’s really it. It’s a harsh reality but we knew it was coming from the election.

Yes, Democrats are absolutely to blame. They need to step their game up.

Just canceled my Hulu account. Imagine if hundreds of thousands of others did it all at once

I wouldn't bet on it Perry Sook looks like the kind of porky pig who probably gets off on kiddie porn like his hero Trump.

I honestly don't understand media moguls who think their future is better off under fascist censorship. I'm thinking low intelligence and Saudi money.

There’s a little bit more to it than that, R242, but I’m choosing to self censor at this moment in time, rather than giving my very controversial opinion.

Hollywood and politicians react to Kimmel suspension:

Writers Guild Rips ABC’s Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ From Air:

What is your opinion, r243?

It's all those JEWS, right? I'm sure that must be it.

WRONG, R246.

Sheesh, what a reactionary prick you are.

R240 you're an off ramp dear

[quote] Trump Troll.

No. Just a Democrat who sees my party unable to win national elections anymore. 2028 will be no different. The Republicans stole the Supreme Court, with no consequences. Now they're stealing Congressional seats, without consequences. They're stealing food out of the mouths of poor people and children, without consequences. etc etc.

Three other news stories from today getting little attention:

1) No South Park episode. It was scheduled. The statement they released sounded like bullshit

2) Alexi Navlany...it was confirmed that he died from poisoning.

3) Netty cut off the internet and all power to Gaza. It's a complete blackout.

Anybody thinking maybe this Kimmel thing was carefully timed? Was THIS monologue the one that finally did it? (I don't think so). They already made the decision, just waiting for the right time.

R250 here. I don't think it had anything to do with the first two stories. It might have had a lot to do with the third. Just speculatin'

What a depressing fucking time to be alive.

It really feels like we're all living in a horror movie, or having a nightmare we can't wake up from.

[quote] Regardless of ABC's plans for the future of the program, Sinclair intends not to return "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to our air until we are confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.

Whatever happened to the Standards & Practices department? On Kimmel’s and other shows it seemed like there’s no guardrails from the network to keep shows within some boundaries. If there was a robust S&P self-policing their own network, we wouldn’t have these situations.

[bold] Some updates from overnight [/bold]------>>

Kimmel was going to clarify the statements on Wednesday Nights JKL but ABC suspended the show instead.

Protests this afternoon at the JKL Studio...

All eyes will be on Stephen Colbert and his next monologue. When he won the Emmy, Jimmy was the first to scream and give him a congratulatory hug.

Will Colbert's show survive until May?

What R252 and R253 said.

Living in a nightmare.

[bold] ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Replaced With Charlie Kirk Tribute on Sinclair’s ABC Stations; Company Demands Kimmel Apologize and Donate to Kirk’s Family and Turning Point USA [/bold]

This is Twilight Zone stuff. We lost. It's over. Nobody is coming to save us.

The “outcry” from the creative community has been very lame so far. Everyone is clearly too frightened.

Those SAG and WGA statements were nice and give everyone something to share on their IG story but the reality is that Quinta Brunson, Ryan Murphy, Sterlin Harjo, Chris Storer, John Hoffman, Krista Vernoff, and anyone else with a hit Disney-owned show should refuse to deliver scripts until Kimmel is back on the air.

[bold] Historical Context = [/bold] Hitler and the Nazi Party began taking over Germany's media in 1933, immediately after he was appointed chancellor. Using a combination of [bold]legislation, intimidation, and propaganda[/bold], they systematically dismantled the free press and consolidated control over all forms of mass communication.

[quote]Fox News openly calls for homeless people to be killed but the right doesn't care

[quote]The person who said that apologized. Maybe Jimmy was asked to and refused.

Oh, he apologized? Well, that makes it perfectly fine that he was calling for murdering the homeless, then.

Sinclair should be ashamed of themselves. This should be responded to directly.

South Park needs to do charlie kirks funeral like the funeral of kim il sung or chairman mao - have ICE running around the crowd arresting anyone who isn’t crying

[Quote] I hope all the stars start boycotting ABC

So, they won't be attending the Oscars?

[Quote] Yeah, I get it [R150]. I'm not having panic attacks or anything, but I am feeling a real, deep, physical anxiety today that I haven't really felt before.

[Quote] I'm not gonna run out into the street crying "DOOM, DOOM is upon us all!" tonight. But I'm not sure about tomorrow night.

MARY!

R78 Yup. Trump has a list — like the Bride in Kill Bill — and he's crossing out names as he takes them out.

[quote] The person who said that apologized. Maybe Jimmy was asked to and refused.

Apologize for what? Saying the MAGAs were desperate to find a reason to blame the left when a gun-loving Mormon kid from a Republican family shot Kirk? That is true. Why should he apologize?

Stern mentioned a while ago that Kimmel was considering retiring after this season. He might just take the "L" and bounce to greener pastures.

[quote] I honestly don't understand media moguls who think their future is better off under fascist censorship.

These are not “media moguls.” The are huge corporations dependent upon government goodwill, increasingly owned by conservative tech oligarchs. Rupert Murdoch and the NYT remain somewhat independent, though one is obviously quite partisan and the other is determined to appear above the fray.

[quote]Boycotting ABC would probably backfire as the MAGAts and their ilk will leave it on 24 hours a day to keep their ratings up.

How can they keep on ABC and Fox at the same time? The market is becoming oversaturated with rightwing tripe.

Let's remember that what's behind this move is a company sucking up to MAGA in order to get a merger. The FCC is acting outside the law. Fascism and plutocracy are ruining everything.

R249, if I could wave a magic wand and make you head of each Democratic Party apparatus, how, specifically would you go about setting things to rights? What changes would you make to bring in new, *reliable* voters while keeping the core steadies?

I hope he does a nice juicy lawsuit. I'm also pretty sure if Jimmy went the podcast route, he could get a Joe Rogan level of audience right now

Elsewhere I read that by suspending him, they prevent him from doing that or going on Colbert as a violation of contract.

Yeah, this was the plan all along for Kimmel. It was just a matter of ABC waiting for the right moment. The View is next. It won’t matter what they say. MAGA just needs to be able to take it and spin it to fit their agenda. Right now Joy Behar can say Kirk was the greatest man to ever walk the earth, and they’d claim she was mocking him. Which, I mean, she would be. The point is, there’s no winning.

ACLU: "The Trump administration’s actions, paired with ABC’s capitulation, represent a grave threat to our First Amendment freedoms.”

From last night's essay by historian Heather Cox Richardson:

[Quote] On the podcast of right-wing influencer Benny Johnson on Wednesday, chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr said that Kimmel’s words were part of a “concerted effort to try to lie to the American people” and that the FCC was “going to have remedies that we can look at.” “Frankly, when you see stuff like this,” he said, “I mean look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

[Quote] Carr explained: "There's actions we can take on licensed broadcasters. And frankly, I think that it’s really sort of past time that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves push back on Comcast and Disney and say…'We're not gonna run Kimmel anymore...because we licensed broadcasters are running the possibility of fines or license revocation from the FCC.'"

(Link to her complete Substack post below)

[quote]I assumed the issue with Kimmel’s comments was the part about the shooter being a MAGA supporter, and that’s been reasonably established as untrue. Kimmel is saying things that aren’t true, isn’t he? And he knows they aren’t true and he knows some people will believe him.I’m not following this closely, so if I’ve gotten something mixed up I’m grateful to be corrected .

Yeah, you're mixed up and not really following this but you go right ahead and accuse Kimmel of being a liar in spite of your ignorance.. This is what he said:

"The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

He is accusing Magat of scoring political points by insisting the killer must have been a political enemy of Magat when there was NO EVIDENCE WHO or WHAT HE WAS at the time. Kimmel didn't say it had to be a Magat. My guess is you are though.

[quote] Yeah, this was the plan all along for Kimmel. It was just a matter of ABC waiting for the right moment.

If Kimmel knew that, why did he give ABC the rope to do it? If I had been in his position, I think I would have not let myself fall into the trap of including Kirk in any monologue.

You know what people aren’t talking about now? Epstein. Kirk’s death has been an awfully convenient distraction, in more ways than one.

That’s the thing, R278 — he’s not cooperating, hence we have no real idea, only hypothesis as to what motivated him to do this, other than his alleged own words, written to his roommate.

That stated, Kimmel is correct in saying that MAGA are high jacking & twisting the narrative in order to make this a politically motivated murder, when the facts as we know them to be as of now, is that he killed him simply because he didn’t like the shit Kirk said. Again, that doesn’t mean that his motivations were political.

Censoring & pulling the Jimmy Kimmel show, however, IS political.

These people are hypocrites of the highest order.

"I banned all government censorship and restored free speech"

Heather Cox Richardson has been ‘’a port in the storm’’ but I worry she too will be silenced by Pres. and friends.

Fallon and Seth are next. Seth is surely done for, his numbers are terrible and NBC won’t have to justify much to get rid of him, but I wonder if Lorne spends what political capital he has at NBC to save Fallon. The only thing Lorne isworried about is his legacy now, and I guarantee he doesn’t like Trump meddling in his arena. It would look terrible for Lorne to lose Tonight Show on his way out the door. I think he tries to save Fallon (likely doesn’t work) and gives Seth SNL, which is in danger too, although its numbers are what’s saving it right now.

I feel really bad for those employed on the show.

What happens right now in the interim. Do they continue to get paid until the final decision is made, or is it straight to unemployment ?

These people have families to feed, & rent/mortgages, car payments, college tuition to pay, etc.

What an absolutely devastating shock this must be to all of them. The day before yesterday you’re gainfully employed, and the next day you’re ready to do your job, and the rug is cruelly pulled out from under you and all of your colleagues.

Imagine this happening across television.

That’s what they want.

These assholes don’t care about the economy or the prosperity of Americans. They want the citizenry beaten down and groveling at their feet.

R285, people get laid off from jobs every day unexpectedly.

[quote] people get laid off from jobs every day unexpectedly.

No one said they didn't dear.

Thanks for pointing out that this affects more than just Kimmel, R285. People lose sight of the fact that Kimmel will be fine, but many others are left scrambling and wondering this morning.

Just following Project 2025. The head of the FCC now is the man who authored the section on controlling the media via the FCC. They blatanlty told us what they planned to do. And are doing it. No one should be suprised. It is going to get much worse.

A summary of what Project 2025 said they wanted for the FCC -

If implemented, the Project 2025 proposals for the FCC could lead to:

Platform regulation and more oversight into how social media / tech companies moderate content. Possibly new rules or interpretations of Section 230 to reduce immunity and force more transparency.

More investigations (and maybe enforcement) of broadcasters, public media, and networks over alleged bias or fairness; possibly penalizing or sanctioning them (license renewals, etc.).

Removal or restriction of DEI or “content viewed as biased” programs or policies in regulated entities.

Reshaping of federal broadband programs: targeting funding only to areas that lack service; less emphasis on affordability programs or digital equity if those are viewed as subsidy or regulatory burden.

More aggressive regulation of foreign tech or communications companies (especially Chinese-affiliated ones).

A shift in overall regulatory philosophy: less regulation in some areas (allowing more free market), but more active supervision or enforcement in matters of speech, content, fairness.

[quote]Sinclair's ABC stations will air a special in remembrance of Charlie Kirk this Friday, during Jimmy Kimmel Live's timeslot.

Great idea. I hope this special includes a relentless loop of his comments about repealing the Civil Rights Act, mentally unfit black women taking the jobs that "belong" to white men because of DEI, the deaths of children in school shootings being an acceptable sacrifice, women needing to submit to their husbands, etc.

Also, I canceled my Hulu subscription immediately yesterday.

[quote]Sheesh, what a reactionary prick you are.

Sorry to ensnare you in my (excellent) wrong guess, I was just reading the room, and playing the odds.

ABC and Disney didn't want to fire him. They were just terrified of Trump's retaliation.

And NBC is next. Trump is probably planning a special nightmare just for them, especially since they were his network.

As I always say when these events leading to the total destruction of the American republic keep unfolding -- I'm glad I'm old.

[quote]Just a Democrat who sees my party unable to win national elections anymore.

Woe is you! Typical doomsday from Democrats!

It's not as if there's a 70-30 split in America, it' just that Democrats, liberals, progressives have an active and powerful fetish of reflexively NOT VOTING unless they are seduced in impossible ways! After which they will reliably throw away their votes or abstain from voting at all in some bizarre performance to decry the two-party system, which is beyond their mathematical understanding!

There is this destructive Oppositional Defiance Disorder Democrats revive in each national election which seems to serve them once we lose. Republicans, especially those of the MAGA persuasion, have no such bollixed internal mechanism preventing them from reliably voting for the finest knuckle-draggers election after election!

R293, that's the definition of capitulation and surrendering in advance. They're an enormous corporation. Everything is a test case now to see how much freedom they can take away, so this is pure cowardice that will speed that process along enormously.

[quote]Will Colbert's show survive until May?

Will Colbert's show survive until Oct 1st?

[quote]This is Twilight Zone stuff. We lost. It's over. Nobody is coming to save us.

The first person posting some stupid Bernie Sanders speech will be canceled even harder than Jimmy. Remember which useless mountebank got us here to begin with.

[quote]Just a Democrat who sees my party unable to win national elections anymore.

We don't have "national elections." We only have state and local elections.

Thanks for unleashing this on the rest of us America!

Brendan Carr's next big move will be to pull the broadcast license of NBC. They just keep going further and further.

But Trump told us he had nothing to do with Project 2025. Hadn't even heard of it. And many dummies believed him.

This is going to backfire spectacularly on Republicans.

Wonder what the ‘’View’’ will say? I believe it comes on at 11 est that’s in 3 mins. I’m in Ca.-maybe east coast folks can update?

These people have no core convictions at all.

In all honesty, I can easily predict the snarky, dyspeptic, sputtering response from Jon Stewart who will end his screed as usual with a blaming "both sides" wrap up giving major side-eye to national Democrats and his acolytes will cheer!

They'll see his blanket condemnation as something other than a bourgeois reaction from a wealthy multi-millionaire.,turning yet another disaster into a "Jon Stewart is somehow relevant" moment.

To R305-I love Gavin Newson!!

At this point, maybe a national strike would get us some results…

All mainstream American media is now state media. They are fully controlled by the reigning dictator's government.

No on is coming to save us and all of this will get much worse sooner than you think.

Minutes before NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon was slated to appear on a New York conference panel Thursday, organizers announced he was out of the lineup.

“Unfortunately, Jimmy Fallon is no longer able to attend today’s session,” the Fast Company Innovation Festival said in a statement.

Maybe Fallon and his team are busy working on retooling the show to bring back the Leno format.

You may be right r309. We have no real tradition of that in this country but we may need to create one in a hurry. Anything that depends on corporate owners, billionaires, and worried establishment types probably would be too tepid to work. Maybe a national strike would get everyone's attention.

Christ, Jimmy Fallon.

God help us.

Am I the only one who's always thought Jimmy Kimmel was hot as hell and for that reason alone the FCC head and all the Trumpies are reprehensible?

[quote]Woe is you! Typical doomsday from Democrats!

Well, it's true that long-established political parties are in trouble all over the world. Practically all through Europe, and now in Japan too, people are tired of the parties that have been in power for 40 or 50 years or more and are turning to upstart parties that come out of nowhere and tend to be more extreme than the established parties.

The problem in the US is that it's all but impossible to start a new party here. The Democratic Party has really wrecked its brand lately, turning people off on all sides. Not many people identify as Republicans these days either. So there aren't many movements for people to coalesce around (except MAGA, unfortunately).

Guaranteed Fallon and Seth are in a panic right now.

[quote]The Democratic Party has really wrecked its brand lately...

Yes, relentlessly advocating for voting rights, equality, labor, the environment and healthcare has ruined everything.

You sound addled. Have you been reading Newsweek magazine again?

As the firings were demanded by Trump, it is government action suppressing speech.

[quote]when all evidence points to him having been radicalized in college...

Robinson attended classes for precisely ONE semester over zoom to a conservative Utah college.

So much radicalization! Have you eaten breakfast, hun?

r227 here.

I meant Larry Ellison, not Edgar Bronfman, but they're both billionaire Trump toadies, of course.

[QUOTE] Jimmy Kimmel was spreading disinformation about the shooter being MAGA when all evidence points to him having been radicalized in college and making leftist friends in recent years.

No, he wasn’t, you fat stupid cunt. Go back and read a transcript of exactly what Kimmel said and then get back to us. Because that is not it.

[QUOTE] In fact, we have several progressives here on DL who came from similar upbringings and who have advocated violence against the right.

Receipts?

It amazes me that R323 is greyed within seconds out but R318 is still sitting there.

The thing happening in the larger world is also happening on DL. People expressing dissenting opinions are being mocked, scolded, shouted down and silenced by a small army of right wingers emboldened by Trump.

r325 do you have your Flames and Freaks setting at "Asbestos Eyeballs"?

I imagine ABC is happy with their choice for this reason too:

"...viewership for Jimmy Kimmel Live! fell 11% in the month leading up to August 31, 2025, averaging roughly 1.1 million viewers."

Yet Colbert is being cancelled with 2.417 million total viewers. (Q2 2025)

Gutfeld is in an earlier time slot but he gets 3.29 million viewers and: "Comparing this year’s Q2 numbers to the same period a year ago, Gutfeld! was the only show to grow its audience across both key metrics, with a net gain of +31.5% among total viewers, and +24% among viewers in the demo (18–49.)

I imagine ABC has more lucrative plans for 11:30 PM. 1.1 million viewers is peanuts to them.

R295 When I think of deceased loved ones now, I think, "At least they were spared seeing what's happening to our country."

Never thought I'd say it but I wish I was at an age closer to death.

R326 it doesn't matter. My point is that posts like R23 are brigaded with f&fs from right wing trolls, while a post casually endorsing the recent rise in fascism at R318 doesn't get as many f&fs and appears ungreyed to me. I adjusted from asbestos eyeballs a few weeks ago because it masks this fuckery that's happening here. It needs to be called out every time. Failing to call it out every time is why we're here now.

[quote]viewship for Jimmy Kimmel Live! fell 11% in the month leading up to August 31, 2025

It should be noted that Kimmel himself wasn’t on. The show had guest hosts.

Posts like R323^^^

[quote]Yet Colbert is being cancelled with 2.417 million total viewers. (Q2 2025). Gutfeld is in an earlier time slot but he gets 3.29 million viewers.

Kimmel beats both of them in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic.

R318 gave himself 27 w&ws in one hour. To prove how easy that is I will give this post 27 w&ws right after I post this.

Kimmel should have been permanently cancelled after The Man Show. Certainly one of the most disgusting shows ever on the air. And I'm not buying his satire bullshit. The guy is a creep and now tries to pass himself off as an all around nice guy. Maybe he should have followed Carson's lead. A total embarrassment.

Done. Took 4 minutes.

"the guy is a creep and now tries to pass himself off as an all around nice guy.. A total embarrassment."

R335 Nailed it.

And Trump should've been cancelled from the moment he became famous. One of the most disgusting people in the history of American entertainment and American politics. An absolutely disgusting pig of a man that right thinking decency brigade types like r335 will surely join me in condemning.

What is going on with Datalounge?

So many MAGAs here, on this thread and others.

Or is it just a couple of creeps, posting over and over, giving themselves W&W, and then posting some more?

R336 How? Once I WW a post it dulls and I can't do it again even the next day.

R335, you were offended by "The Man Show" but completely gloss over Trump, a serial sex offender that a lot of people are saying was at Epstein's island frequently because he was close friends with Epstein for decades? Trump who walked in on teenaged beauty pageant contestants in the Miss USA lockerroom so regularly that it was common knowledge? Trump who said he would date his own (at the time) underaged daughter?

Really? The Man Show was 20 years ago and you're still seething about it, but not a peep from you about Trump himself?

Wow.

Refresh the page, 340.

Refresh the page, R340.

I do refresh but still dulled out.

It’s a full-on CULT.

The few Ignore posters I've added over the past few years have really come out in full force on this one. I can read this thread in half the time.

NO MENTION OF KIMMEL ON THE VIEW. Shocking but no surprise.

Just blocking one of Defacto's many sock puppets will have that effect, R346. When you block the all the MAGA-topics threads can have gaps of 10 or most missing posts. They love to talk to themselves a lot.

60 years ago Rod Sterling predicted Charlie the Pseudo Martyr. America has crossed over to the MAGAT Zone.

[quote]Kimmel beats both of them in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic.

Not according to the article you posted:

"In the advertiser-coveted 18–49 demo, however, Kimmel surged ahead with 220,000 viewers"

" Gutfeld! continued to rule its time period, leading all of the shows we track among both total viewers (with a 3.29 million average) and viewers aged 18–49 (at an average of 238,000).

R279 There was no rope. He didn't say anything he normally wouldn't have said about Trump and MAGA. In fact, he's way harsher to MAGA than Colbert. Trump was just waiting for this opportunity.

R347 I saw that. I'm sure they got a stern warning.

R351 I believe you. I saw the evidence. It has never worked for me. I also have an I-Pad.

FCC chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has every right to demand that Jimmy Kimmel donate to Turning Point USA

Just disgusting 😒

I think they'll go after The View, and Jon Stewart before they go after Fallon or Seth Myers.

They've probably already threatened The View, that's why they said nothing about Kimmel on the show

As noted in the Hacks postings, the focus of that show, late night TV, is about a dying form of entertainment and the network’s desire to shitcan it. It’s the same in real life. They’re expensive and troublesome. I’m sure the networks don’t need much impetus to send these guys packing. If they were huge money-making monsters they’d still be on, Trump or no Trump.

BTW-I used to LOVE The Man Show-Hysterically sexist and funny!!

I just came across an online ad for Disney+ and every single comment was a variation on "I stand with Jimmy."

[quote]FCC chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has every right to demand that Jimmy Kimmel donate to Turning Point USA

And he has every right to tell them to go fuck themselves.

[quote]60 years ago Rod Sterling predicted

Oh, dear.

[quote]To [R305]-I love Gavin Newson!!

And again.

Network TV is practically obsolete now. Streaming platforms are where it's at. Fuck Trump's FCC.

Kimmel's been quiet today. I hope he's working on an epic response.

I can’t remember the last time I watched broadcast TV. I don’t have cable.

Paula Poundstone addresses Trump's role in taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air (link to video short below).

The tone of her videos is great and, to me, seem the equivalent of mooning Trump, which brings a smile to my face. (I would post each and every one of them but have restrained myself. You're welcome.) I hope others are enjoying them, too.

Paula Poundstone. She's a blast from the past. I don't exactly remember the controversy but there was one.

Two thoughts:

- any chance Disney/ABC will fight back? (Disney's got some great litigators)

- So did South Park retreat, or are they reloading for next week? (I particulalry like the North Korean state funeral idea)

r368, part of me wonders if Paramount hopes there will be something else majorly topical by next week and the whole thing can be avoided. There is no question in my mind that some behind-the-scenes battle with the network is why they didn't finish it this week.

Jon Stewart is going to work on a Thursday.

He normally only hosts on Monday night, but it’s clear that the comedian will want to address the issues around his friend Kimmel.

There wasn't one thing wrong with what Kimmel said, it was the truth. We all know how Trump hates that.

R367 In 2001, Paula was charged with lewd conduct with a minor and child abuse (of her foster and/or adopted children). The child sex abuse was never proven and she repeatedly stated the accusation of lewd conduct was untrue. Paula pled guilty to child endangerment related to her alcohol abuse (including driving drunk with them in car). She went to rehab and regained custody of her three adopted children the following year. She was able to have daily supervised visits with her children in the interim. She completed five years of probation.

Trump would make a buzzard gag.

Thank you R370.

Now Brendan Carr wants to go after The View

Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear on The View next Tuesday. Carr might work to get the show pulled before then.

Here's Brendan Carr saying he wants to go after The View

fixed

[quote] There wasn't one thing wrong with what Kimmel said, it was the truth.

Like Scarlett being expected not to dance, there are some things that are expected to be suspended during a period of mourning.

This will sadly prove to be Stewart’s last show…

In other words, they've made their decision and there is no reason for The View to play little games, and try to appease, and hope that it will all go away. No, Fuck that, won't work and it's entirely futile. Take them on bluntly and announce every show that there is a fascist attempt to suppress all dissent in this country, you do not choose to be a part of it, and here are the moronic things Trump and his Cult did and said today.

Bet r379 was out there shrieking and hollering about how that thar George Floyd wasn't no good during that particular "period of mourning."

Leave the cult, whore.

Dump and friends just looking for an excuse to dump Kimmel. Selective silence from the View ladies will not stop the fascist from canceling them.

Hulu and Disney aren't the only subscription services tied to this debacle. Tennis gays of DL might also want to join me in canceling their Tennis Channel subscriptions. You can read more about what Sinclair owns at the link.

All of this reminds me when Disney had its feud with DeSantis and I stated on DL repeatedly that that didn’t change the fact that Disney is a very evil company. I already knew I was right, so I didn’t need any additional evidence.

The major networks and cable channels are a dying medium. The advertiser-coveted young viewers don't watch network/cable TV. The networks now have to cater to an older audience.

The median age for CNN's audience is currently 67 years old, making it the youngest among the major cable news networks. Let that sink in!

All of this is so amazing

Nothing pathetic about it. This is going to be one of the defining things next year, and yes there is going to have to be a fight just to have a real election itself. But one of the questions will be, does the president have the power to outlaw any speech he deems "offensive" for any reason and at any time.

[quote] "I banned all government censorship and restored free speech"

To the MAGA mind, this means “now no one can object to what I say.”

They only think in terms of “what’s good or bad for me.”

They don’t believe in universal principles.

David Letterman speaks out:

Well that's the thing about universal principles. They tend to protect everybody. When you get rid of them, everybody becomes vulnerable, even in ways they never imagined. Even objecting from the Right may soon become a major sin, and therefore a major crime, in the cult. As will be mentioning the Epstein Files.

[quote] I can’t remember the last time I watched broadcast TV. I don’t have cable.

Huh? I don’t think you know what broadcast TV is.

Trump overreached and it's backfiring on him. Republicans have now lost most of the goodwill they had from Kirk.

Keep in mind that the reich wing assholes on the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity, but that doesn't apply to his lackeys like Brendan Carr, KKKristi Noem, Steven Miller, and the rest.

[quote] Huh? I don’t think you know what broadcast TV is.

You’re really that dense, r393?

Trump the Job Killer!

Will be "interesting" to see the reaction by Paramount to whatever Stewart says. (You know he's going to go in hard.) Trump would love that scalp. Ugh. But I think Jon knows it's worth it whatever the cost.

I would be suing Sinclair into bankruptcy.

[quote]I would be suing Sinclair into bankruptcy.

Give it time.

Eric Swalwell just told Carr to lawyer up.

What channel is Jon Stewart on? Sorry if that’s a stupid question.

[quote ] The constitution doesn’t guarantee Kimmel a talk show, but it does guarantee that the government won’t quash his speech because of what he chooses to say. Kimmel now has a straightforward suit for damages and forward-looking relief that he can and should file — not just against ABC, but also against the government officials who were the driving force for his embarrassing public disciplining. ...

[quote] Kimmel may have contractual remedies against ABC. But he also has a powerful constitutional claim for prospective relief and damages against the federal government much like the one that Trump sought to vindicate in 2021. A principled consistency would require those who objected to the Biden administration’s engagement with social media firms to support Kimmel. (To be clear, I am not holding my breath.)

[quote] If Kimmel sues, it wouldn’t just vindicate his own interests: It would be a way of defending a sorely tested bulwark of the free press, one that has come under increasing strain in recent days and months. It would, in other words, be another way for Kimmel to speak truth to misused power — just with fewer jokes.

He’s on Comedy Central at 11pm ET R402.

Interesting r403. I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but I would think that the government, and the president specifically, personally pressuring a corporation to suppress any and all criticism of the president would be a clear violation of the First Amendment, even if they didn't personally arrest him. The ramifications are obvious: technically the government can't arrest people, but they can do everything short of that to ensure that nobody is ever allowed to criticize them? Yeah, I would actually like to see that case.

Yes, a clearly fascist event, an attempt by the government to suppress and punish any criticism of itself, proves that Jimmy Kimmell was much too concerned about fascism. Yes, clearly, no doubt.

Trying to cancel Hulu and Disney +. Hulu says the site is down right now.

R406 just stick in your mouth already

The Onion nails it.

David Muir in his reporting about this said the name of the FCC guy and added THE PRESIDENT'S FRIEND. Love it.

Trump may pull all unfriendly networks.

R412 that should terrify every single American alive. But it won’t. I cannot believe there is not absolute hair on fire outrage going on in this country right now. We are losing our basic freedoms to a criminal pedophile piece of shit. And the economy sucks on top of it.

America’s are so spoiled with democracy they believe this is a temporary incomprehensible annoyance.

R414, that’s true. We’ve been a lucky country. We still think something will come along and save our lazy asses. Other counties know better; they know that it can get a lot worse.

This is going to blow up in Trump's face big time.

R416-what motivates you to post that?

Three hours til Jon Stewart goes all in.

Deb, because people don't like to be told what they can't watch on tv.

Oh, if only this had happened right before the Emmys.

In fact, some Republicans who consider themselves defenders of unfettered speech are getting more comfortable with limiting it. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told Semafor that “an FCC license, it’s not a right. It really is a privilege.”

“Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it. I don’t feel that way anymore,” Lummis added.

“I feel like something’s changed culturally. And I think that there needs to be some cognizance that things have changed,” she added. “We just can’t let people call each other those kinds of insane things and then be surprised when politicians get shot and the death threats they are receiving and then trying to get extra money for security.”

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said he’d “suppose” Carr could have kept quiet and let pressure build naturally but had no problem with the chair’s comments.

“I didn’t think it was that scary. I think Jimmy Kimmel made it pretty easy for the company,” said Cramer, who often says he’s not easily offended. Carr’s comments, he argued, “were so veiled.” Title iconKNOW MORE It’s been a challenging week for Republicans who are mourning Kirk while digesting Trump’s vows to pursue a wide-ranging crackdown on left-leaning political activity and speech. Some prominent members of the party are defending the rights of Americans to speak freely as long as it doesn’t cross the line into inciting violence, a position that Kirk himself took in the past.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who cosponsored legislation with Lummis this year that would prohibit the government from ordering social media companies to constrain speech on their platforms, is in a unique position. Paul is one of few Republicans openly willing to criticize the Trump administration, but he also suffered a violent assault in 2017 that he has said affects his stance on public speech.

“You can lose your job over things you say, and that’s not an infringement on speech unless the government did it,” Paul told Semafor when asked about Carr’s comments. “Now, the government commenting about it? I don’t think that’s the same as the government making an edict saying they should fire somebody.”

Is R406 Jay Leno? If not, has Leno offered any more mealy-mouthed comments since Kimmel was taken off the air? We need that out-of-touch old fart to lecture us about how people don't want to be lectured.

Too many Americans are complacent. If Trump keeps going down this long, dark road, hopefully that will change. We the people have power.

[quote] Too many Americans are complacent.

Too many Americans are on their phones to notice the world around them.

Rand Paul was beaten up by a neighbor R421. It had nothing to do with his speech.

[quote]“You can lose your job over things you say, and that’s not an infringement on speech unless the government did it,” Paul told Semafor when asked about Carr’s comments. “Now, the government commenting about it? I don’t think that’s the same as the government making an edict saying they should fire somebody.”

Is he retarded? And what does he think Trump flapping his gums is all about? And why do I suspect that if I looked, I'd find something Paul bitching about something Obama said that was allegedly skirting the line between speech, business, and government? His neighbor went too easy on him.

[quote] In fact, some Republicans who consider themselves defenders of unfettered speech are getting more comfortable with limiting it.

No shit. And no doubt some Scientologist who consider themselves wonderful people are willing to go along with whatever the cult leader orders them to do.

Get bent, MAGAt @ R406

"That's not censorship per se, that's called leaning on a guy.... Tony Soprano did it all the time"

[quote] “Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it. I don’t feel that way anymore,” Lummis added.

Deeply devoted to free speech right up to the second it pisses off the cult leader. Got it, whore, you're an awesome warrior for free speech.

Mob tactics

[quote]What channel is Jon Stewart on?

I believe he's on the DuMont Network, right before "The Morey Amsterdam Show."

Sponsored by Stopette.

[quote]And I've hated the guy ever since I watched Trump Tower going up day by day because I worked as a store clerk in the area. Now I'm seriously thinking you people are as loony and as vicious as Trump.

If I wanted the opinion of a shopbottom, I'd ask for it.

This will bring his back on the air quickly.

[quote]While the cause of Kimmel being pulled from ABC’s lineup is undoubtedly concerning from a constitutional free speech perspective, there is still a void to fill. Whether that void is temporary or permanent remains to be seen. Either way, it’s a void that Stephen A. Smith will likely take note of.

[quote]Maybe Kimmel will come back to his ABC show. But for years, Smith has admitted he aspires to be Kimmel’s successor. Many of us remember his failed attempt at a late-night show on ESPN back with Quite Frankly. But Smith is a much different host and much bigger personality than he was in 2005. He filled in for Kimmel in 2021, and it’s no coincidence that Smith’s YouTube show resembles a late-night set.

Morey Amsterdam better watch his ass too.

[quote] Now I'm seriously thinking you people are as loony and as vicious as Trump.

And I'm seriously thinking you are so full of shit it's coming out of your ears. Do stop whoring for Trump and pretending you are some honest broker just trying to see both sides of it all. You're a whore and a liar and completely ridiculous and nobody believes for five seconds that you are struggling with some big moral dilemma about Trump. You are a clown and a fool and nobody thinks you are anything but a member of the cult.

Yes, there is indeed a Trump Derangement Syndrome. The idiotic need to see Trump as the blameless victim in every single situation that he creates and every single crime he commits. Fuck off with that nonsense.

I think some of these politicians are confusing whether or not they like someone with the issue of free speech. And that's tragic. We are really getting dumber people in the USA.

[quote]it’s a void that Stephen A. Smith will likely take note of

It's true that the stranglehold by white men on late night needs to end.

R439 Yes, but I think too many people take prescription meds for depression and anxiety which dulls the senses. That's my opinion, anyway.

And that MAGA Step and Fetch Stephen A. Smith is just the one to present hole to make it happen.

Trump is probably throwing things right now from the backlash. Everybody duck!

Is it still impolite to call Trump a fascist? Here he is actually saying that networks aren't allowed to criticize him. (The link is to a video of him someone posted on Bluesky.)

Jon Stewart on in two minutes

R443 , as soon as FOX tells him about it.

r387 is hyper pissed off that Democrats get down and FIGHT like Republicans!

"WHY aren't they FIGHTING for me? Waaaah!"

Then when they get tough and put on the "fighting for us" show he calls them "pathetic".

Ok.

I truly have no idea where or why you came to that conclusion, r447

Your assumptions are bizarre, wrong, and needlessly antagonistic .

R239 fuck off idiot.

Stewart going in hard.

r450 Viagra?

You can watch tonight's The Daily Show monologue with Jon Stewart for free on the TDS channel on YouTube. The link to it is posted below.

[bold]COLBERT talking about KIMMEL on his show tonight!![/bold]

uh oh....COLBERT might be filming his LAST EPISODE tonight..........

[bold] COLBERT re-airing Kimmels remarks from Monday.... [/bold]

I'll have to catch colbert after finishing Stewart. Sounds like Colbert doesn't give an f what they do to him now, which is good.

An animated song from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert -- Disney's Message to Employees "Shut your Trap" -- is posted on the show's YouTube channel. Link to video is below.

[bold] The COLBERT REPORT STEPHEN!! [/bold]

“Trump is at the fourth stage of grief: construction" deserves an Emmy for whoever wrote it.

Those leftist socialist communist Emmys will now be shut down long before they can give out another one. Only Trump Center Honors from now on.

I was watching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with Jake Tapper on Youtube and the video was removed before I could finish.

Fight Trump!

R457, that was great. And they mentioned the neck pussy 🤣

lol

Add Karl Rove to the list of Republicans speaking up this week to defend and protect all of us. From Heather Cox Richardson's latest post:

[Quote] But the uproar over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel brought to light a different, far more American, division in this country. Americans could divide along partisan lines so long as the guardrails of a secular, evidence-based, liberal democracy remained in place. But as the Trump administration smashes through those guidelines, it appears that rather than being divided along partisan lines, Americans are beginning to realign as “We the People” against a wannabe authoritarian.

[Quote] Yesterday, Republican political strategist Karl Rove, who was a key member of President George W. Bush’s administration, pushed back against the friends and enemies distinction in the Wall Street Journal. “No,” he wrote. “Charlie Kirk wasn’t killed by ‘them.’ ‘They’ didn’t pull the trigger. One person did, apparently a young man driven by impulse and a terrible hate. If there were a ‘they’ involved, law enforcement would find ‘them’ and the justice system would hold ‘them’ accountable. But ‘he’ and ‘him’ are the correct pronouns for this horrendous act…. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”

Okay, so I watched all 3 late night monologues: Colbert, Fallon, and Jon Stewart.

All three were fine, I'm most partial to Colbert's.

But for me, none of them are as funny or as on target as Kimmel.

I didn't find him funny. He was like a walking white privilege, someone who could not have been employed on any objective meitmerit based standard. But he was willing to shit talk Donald Trump, and that's something we should all support wherever it comes from.

Here's the link to Colbert's monologue, "We Are All Jimmy Kimmel / The Easy Way or the Hard Way / Trump Urges NBC to Cancel Fallon and Meyers

R413 It SHOULD, but it doesn't

I really need to stop reading comments sections. They don't get how damaging this will be. It's all..." Kimmel wasn't funny" or "The Left is eating itself." The bigger picture is lost..

Jon Stewart addressed this issue clearly in 2022, during his acceptance speech for The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

[Quote] Comedians are the banana peel in the coal mine.

(Yes, there's more.)

See link below for short clip with relevant portion of Jon's speech.

[quote] I really need to stop reading comments sections. They don't get how damaging this will be.

The country survived Leno retiring, twice. The country will survive this too.

Stewart, Meyers, and Fallon know their days are numbered. They may as well go out swinging.

[quote]Trying to cancel Hulu and Disney +. Hulu says the site is down right now.

Finally got thru 6:00 AM

Just the opposite R472. If you read a recent poll of young voters who voted REPUBLICAN i 2024, you'd know 1) a majority support socialized medicine; 2) a mjaority support free college; 3) a slight majortiy support seizing billionaire assets; and 4) a minority of 40% favor nationalization of industries such as banking and oil and gas. So yes Ben Shaprio and Charlie Kirk persuaded a bunch of them to vote for sexism, racism, and homophobia. BUT they were unable to sell ANY of the tepublican economic program, so they are toast right now. And realistically with Reagan tripling the national debt, GW Bush doubling it again, and Trump sending it into the stratosphere, the only way to save the country from a hard crash is to seize billionaire assets and nationalize banking and oil and gas. These morons have painted us all intoa corner

[quote] The country survived Leno retiring, twice. The country will survive this too.

[woosh!]

Fallon:

“To be honest with you all, I don’t know what’s going on — no one does. But I do know Jimmy Kimmel, and he is a decent, funny, and loving guy. And I hope he comes back.”

I cancelled Disney today and that's it for Disney. This is the second time they have capitulated to Trump/MAGA and I will proudly illegally torrent download anything they produce in future which I want to watch.

The bottom line is that by continually capitulating to demands from Trump, Disney are helping Trump and MAGA destroy the USA. They own this. I hope it was worth it for them. From what I can see online, a lot of people have cancelled Disney and Hulu today. So Disney and the companies they own will get the mergers they want - but who is going to watch and pay for it of they have a significant loss of customers? Again - I hope it was worth it for them.

Fallon absolutely knows what’s going on. But he also knows he’s much less talented than the other late-night hosts and needs to do anything he can to hang onto his current gig.

Fallon is in a tough spot because his political comedy has always been mild and soft. If he turns it up, he loses a good portion of whatever fanbase might otherwise follow him elsewhere on top of getting canceled. Of course, I'm not saying that justifies his softness during these times when speaking out is so important, especially since its not like he's starving for money but he knows his audience.

Occasionally I watch Meyers if I am up late but haven't since this started. How has he been?

Smothers Brothers, anyone?

From a Kimmel staffer:

"I'm not unbiased. I love Jimmy, he's a great person to work for and I think just about everyone on the show would say we're lucky to be part of this. But it's been hard for him in the past few years. Struggles personally, and once Trump became president the number of threats and attention he received from Trump supporters increased. I don't know all the details, but I know it has been bad at times. Not just for him, but for some of the people working on the show.

At least for me, the show itself has been great. But everything around it has sucked. Because it was becoming increasingly clear in recent weeks that Sir Iger and the ABC executives would cut us loose in a second if they thought something we did might hurt attendance at Disney World or cost anyone their annual bonus."

A lot of pundits and even President Obama are telling the networks to fight back. And telling them they can still fight for their business deals. But the fact is, I believe the reason they don't fight back is that they have no confidence in our courts. Because along with everything else, our court system has been compromised. So it's easier to just cave in. And the corporate guys laugh at Trump because he is so easily appeased. They have these multi million dollar deals on the table and all he wants them to do is publicly off someone he doesn't like and they get what they want. Easy peasy.

I'm sure he won't miss the death threats. I've received them from MAGAts on Facebook (altho their favorite one is I hope you get raped). I can't imagine that on a grand scale

Is violating someone's civil rights an impeachable offense?

Virtually everything Trump has done this term is an impeachable offense, but that ship has sailed.

R482 is fucking right, Sir Iger could stop this shit with 3 phone calls, but he won't. He's looking at Disney's bottom line& what mega merger deals they have coming up. If Kimmel goes, watch Whoopi& Joy reactions, they're gonna "blow that shit up"!!

To R486-That ship has sailed over the horizon, the Rethugs do not care about what happens next!!

[quote]f Kimmel goes, watch Whoopi& Joy reactions, they're gonna "blow that shit up"!!

They haven't said a word about Kimmel the last two days.

I read that Ana was on the Behind the Table podcast yesterday, and Kimmel was not mentioned at all.

[quote] I cancelled Disney today and that's it for Disney.

It’s funny to see this now after people on the right cancelled Disney after DeSantis, Roseanne, and Gina Carano. The people left who are staying with Disney will be just the apolitical people.

To R488-I'm betting they're waiting to see what the situation between "KIMMEL V. IGER-DISNEY" develops into whatever. I'm betting they are being leashed right now?

Has Howard Stern& Robin commented yet? I know nothing about daytime TV& what goes on behind the scenes, that's why I have u guys at DL.

Stephen Smith is trying to weasel into Kimmel's time slot.

R492 Stephen Smith has a very inflated sense of his own importance. His reach is definitely exceeding his grasp.

Stephen Smith? The blond gay boy murdered by the Murdaughs?

I've heard rumors of Roseanne taking over.

Strange bedfellows

Any real numbers out there on how many subscribers Hulu/Disney/ABC have lost this week?

R497 I’m sure it’s a much lower number than those who’ve claim they’ve unsubscribed.

R496 Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

No one’s talking about Kimmel on ABC, because it’s a blackout subject.

Kimmel isn’t stupid, nor are his attorneys.

You can bet your ass he and his lawyers are huddled up via Zoom, or in person, because this situation is a constitutional attorney’s DREAM COME THROUGH.

I hope there’s a way or a loophole in his contract that his attorneys can slip through, and hammer the shit out of all entities involved in this extortion vs. dismissal exercise. If there is? He should take that loophole & go to town.

* Dream come true ^! Freakin’ autocorrect.

I don't mind him suing ABC on contracts or anything, but we should be clear that the Trump Cult, Trump himself, and the fucker he picked to head the FCC are the real problem here, and they are the ones who should be sued and punished and pay the price. Hopefully, in addition to doing whatever he has to do with ABC and Disney, he or somebody can find a way to fuck with the Cult and fuck with the asshole or assholes at the FCC who forced all this.

I think Carr’s threat means he has a case against the government.

The Supreme Court recently ruled 9-0 that the government can’t coerce private companies to censor on its behalf.

[quote] National Rifle Association v. Vullo: In a May 30, 2024, decision, the Court ruled 9–0 that government officials cannot use their regulatory power to threaten businesses into suppressing disfavored speech. The case involved a New York state official who allegedly coerced banks and insurers to cut ties with the NRA.

A couple of Republican hypocrites might find a way to distinguish, but no more.

This Brendan Carr bitch seems to be truly evil and is relishing this power she has. Someone needs to doxx her.

Yes, R502, which is why I wrote: all entities involved.

There’s a BIG lawsuit in there somewhere, & if he chooses to pursue it, someone or multiple institutions may have to pay out some big bucks.

I’d like to say that it almost HAS to happen. If he backs down, it’s a bad sign.

I understand he didn’t ask to become “that guy”, but right now, he is that guy, & sometimes that guy has to stand up for something in order to set shit straight.

One of the Heritage Foundation authors of Project 2025, the real brains behind the coup. Though he stepped in it this time. Getting giddy with power.

[quote]No one’s talking about Kimmel on ABC, because it’s a blackout subject.

Well, thank goodness!

OK, R507. ☺️

Hulu is offering a discount of 70% off for the next 6 months when you go to cancel. Their cancellations must be huge to offer this deal.

[quote]Stephen Smith is trying to weasel into Kimmel's time slot.

Ain't nobody wants to look at that face!

Speaking of Mark Consuelos, I saw him on a Season 2 episode of Only Murders in the Building and his skin was like parchment. They didn't do him any favors with lighting or make up and because he is quite underweight he was giving crypt keeper vibes, and he's only fifty-four!

Jimmy, sic 'em!

Trump admitted he put the hit on Kimmel. On Air Force 1, interview with onboard press, flying back from UK.

Disney will need to report current subcriber numbers in its next quarterly earnings report.

They were going to shutter HULU anyway and move everything over to Disney+. This will hasten that process.

[quote]Disney will need to report current subcriber numbers in its next quarterly earnings report.

Speaking of which, Trump wants to eliminate quarterly earnings reporting.

People who don't understand the difference between "cancel culture" and government suppression of speech are morons (and likely MAGA).

[quote]Hulu is offering a discount of 70% off for the next 6 months when you go to cancel. Their cancellations must be huge to offer this deal.

I was paying $9.99 per month. Went to cancel. Got the "are you sure?" screen and the "maybe just suspend it for a while" screen. I kept canceling.

It ended with "OK, how about $2.99 a month?"

Yeah, they must be hurting.

Jay Leno: “I’m on Jimmy Kimmel’s side on that one. You don’t get cancelled saying popular things. Usually it’s the truth that winds up getting cancelled.”

Hulu offers retention incentives year-round, as do most streaming services (and most digital editions of major newspapers). Usually the lower price is only honored for two to three months and then you're billed at the usual rate. Hulu also has an annual Black Friday or Cyber Monday promotion that gives you a year's subscription for $0.99 per month. It's unclear whether that will continue as they continue tinkering with its Disney+ integration.

The Netherlands' Arjen Lubach poked fun at Disney on his talk show last night. A parody features “the new Disney,” where a golden Trump Tower appears behind the world-famous fairytale castle. The prince from The Little Mermaid wants to “grab mermaid Ariel by the pussy,” and Aladdin disappears in a flash when U.S. immigration arrives.

I cancelled my Hulu Disney+ bundle the night the news broke and no lower price incentive was offered during my cancellation, so they've just started this new retention offer

I’m moving so I called Optimum today to switch my streaming and internet over to the new address. I was told I was getting 6 mos of Hulu and Disney+ free. Was very weird.

I just cancelled. I had the $95 Hulu TV + Disney bundle and they did offer Hulu (with ads) for $2.99 a month to stay. Fuck that. I cancelled and I am going to YouTube TV.

[quote]I cancelled my Hulu Disney+ bundle the night the news broke and no lower price incentive was offered during my cancellation, so they've just started this new retention offer

Retention offers are sometimes targeted and you might've met one of the exclusion criteria. One of Hulu's most common retention offers of the past several years is $2.99 per month for six months, with a free Disney+ add-on. Don't get me wrong, I hope they suffer greatly over this, but this is standard from them so far and people might get too complacent if they think the pressure's already causing them to cave. If they sweeten the pot a bit more it'll be a better indication they're freaking out.

If their "exclusion criteria" knew that I was now going to cancel on them no matter the price they offered, fine by me.

[quote] I was paying $9.99 per month. Went to cancel. Got the "are you sure?" screen and the "maybe just suspend it for a while" screen. I kept canceling. It ended with "OK, how about $2.99 a month?" Yeah, they must be hurting.

That’s their super discount rate. I’ve being paying $2.99 a month since November 2023. That’s long before this situation.

I'm another one who's canceling Hulu Live and going to YouTube TV.

They're running a special to entice people to switch: $49.99 for your first two months.

One of the pundits I follow on X said all it takes is 8 members of Congress to end this. Four Republican Senators, and Four Republican House members. If they voted with the Dems we could stop the excesses and the irresponsible amateurish behavior of the Trump Administration. I'm kind of tired of the constant reportage of the latest bad decision. I want the Dems to come up with a fucking plan. I want an assignment. Writing calling members of Congress, and harassing them. Finding out where they dine and where they play. They need to be afraid of us voters, not Trump. Those town hallswhere they got booed shook them up. They are not made of stone. Otherwise we can watch as masked men grab people off the street and funding cuts for scientific research, and bad business deals, and tariffs fuck us up beyond recognition. Look what they have done in less than a year. We MUST stand up to them.

[quote] One of the pundits I follow on X said all it takes is 8 members of Congress to end this. Four Republican Senators, and Four Republican House members.

Even Manchin and Sinema wouldn’t switch parties. It’s not that common.

Rupert Murdoch's @WSJ defends Jimmy Kimmel.

"Mr. Kimmel’s words were only mildly offensive."

"We want to be clear that none of this justifies the right’s resort to regulatory censorship."

[quote] As a private company, Disney has the right to run or cancel shows as it wishes. Perhaps in this case it saw pressure from government as an excuse to drop Mr. Kimmel, who had turned his show into a daily anti-Trump diatribe. But anyone who thinks this is the free market at work is ignoring the ways government can punish companies. Disney’s executives had to look out for the best interests of their shareholders and the Disney brand.

I'm watching 20/20, and I just saw a commercial for a documentary about Harry and Meghan at Disneyland for the park's anniversary.

LOL...oops!

Apparently some kind of people have to force their Harry/Megan obsession into evert thread. What kind of people would they be?

The lack of outrage over this is frightening. He and his flying monkeys are making this type of thing commonplace.

Silly R503—that was a rightwing company vs. a Democratic government!

[quote] The lack of outrage over this is frightening.

Are you living under a rock? I'm seeing outrage and alarm about this everywhere I look, e.g. the public statements and op-eds quoted upthread.

If aanyone has ideas now is the time to speak up.

[quote] I'm seeing outrage and alarm about this everywhere I look

Yes, but it’s not spirited. It’s more just going through the motion. I think in the back of people’s mind they are thinking that it’s one small show out of hundreds provided by the entertainment companies and only a small drop in the ocean of content that Americans post everyday and so that tempers the response.

R537 I think Dump's comment to that Australian reporter the day before, basically threatening him if he continues to ask the wrong questions, was worse than this. (almost like it was a test run). And you barely hear the outrage, more of "Oh, that's just dump being dump".

It couldn't have been clearer. That reporter was practically laying dead on 5th Avenue!

"It's no longer free speech"

Criticizing Trump is illegal now

R476 = That Fallon Article was a well deserved shellacking .----------------------->>>>

------->>>We didn’t get to this spinelessness overnight. It took decades of weakening resolve to deliver someone so irresolute. [bold]Fallon was incredibly good looking in the early aughts, granting him decades of fame that an equally talented but less attractive man wouldn’t have experienced. Despite no longer looking like the trim, boyish charmer from his days at Saturday Night Live, he still squawks nightly from his perch at The Tonight Show. With unbearable fake laughter and a willingness to bring on guests like Greg Gutfeld and Trump, Fallon has impressively produced years of virtually unwatchable late-night television that has no point-of-view.

Despite offering vague platitudes in response to his peers' political silencing, his lukewarm monologues and largely risk-free approach to comedy hasn’t kept Fallon safe. Trump is still calling for Fallon to be removed from air. The Tonight Show’s ratings are perpetually struggling. There’s no benefit to Fallon neutrality. Still, as (increasingly plausible) threats are lobbed by the administration to silence Fallon, he’s showing his belly.

Your meekness won’t save you Jimmy Fallon. It just makes you useless to the rest of us. [/bold]

Great post, R540!

Thanks for sharing.

See? That’s what I’m saying too.

Stand up & deliver NOW, because the overloads are about to cancel people left & right, no matter what.

[bold]Twinkish Neighbor describes seeing Tyler and the roommate kissing and holding hands. Neighbor was on his bicycle so you know it was totally legit. [/bold] Video in Link...

That was Jonathan Swan R538. He has interviewed Trump before and it went viral...

R542 DAMN, that queen just sold out the entire trans community. I'm kidding...sorta.

Late night is dead. These shows are losing money night after night. At least CBS was honest when they canceled Colbert, no matter how he and his fan club framed it. The same is true with Kimmel. ABC jumped on the first excuse they could to close down the show. If there were millions more eyeballs on these shows and tons of ad revenue rolling in, they could rip on Trump every night without a problem.

R546, I don’t believe CBS. Nobody wakes up and suddenly realizes that they’re losing millions of dollars. Show business accounting has always been a scam. On paper, almost every project “loses money” and generates enormous tax write-offs.

R547 If the country is split 50/50 in their political beliefs, then you have the three networks splitting half the limited late viewers while the other 50% has one option - Gutfeld. That math is mathing.

R546, maybe you missed Brendan Carr and Trump going on and on for MONTHS about how they think networks should get their broadcast license pulled for criticizing Trump. Maybe you missed Carr and Trump saying they have the power to block mergers if the networks don't do what they want

[quote]If aanyone has ideas now is the time to speak up.

Easy - as a local TV weatherman posted on X, start an advertiser's boycott against Sinclair and Nexstar stations.

- do a search to see what local TV stations in your market are distributed by Sinclair or Nexstar;

- spend some time watching the station to determine who advertises there;

- contact those advertisers and inform them you refuse to purchase their products until they pull their advertising from that station.

If the US public can get this going at scale it will absolutely fuck up Sinclair and Nexstar and force them to back off. Money is the only thing they respect or understand.

R549 Even Michael Eisner calls these threats “aggressive, yet hollow.” If the networks wanted to fight, they certainly could and probably win.

Can we as consumers sue Nexstar and Sinclair? For illegal censorship or Whatever. I mean the they broadcast to the public. And add Fox and their lies and Brian Kilmeade inciting murders of the homeless. I don't know. Not a lawyer but I would definitely find some way to express public outrage. Boycotts of advertisers is fine, but big demonstrations outside their offices is great too. Good visuals. I guess I'm saying we ought to be asking ourselves What Would MAGA do? because they scream and threaten and behave like scalded cats and they refuse to stop. They're annoying as hell, and it works.

[quote]Easy - as a local TV weatherman posted on X, start an advertiser's boycott against Sinclair and Nexstar stations.

People have been saying we should do that with Fox News advertisers for decades. How's that working out?

R546 I mean...if it was about ratings, why is Kimmel being offered his job back IF he apologizes and donates money to Kirk's foundation? GTFOH

Both networks had/have mergers, and the WH stipulated that you must get rid of Colbert and Kimmel because they've hurt Trump's widdle feelings.

Who actually believes this is because of ratings? JESUS CHRIST

Is r553 the one still buying My Pillows?

[quote]Fallon was incredibly good looking in the early aughts…

This is like watching the movie “Network” over again. Want to really know what’s going on? Watch Ned Beatty’s speech.

^^^exactly^^^

To R556- I agree.Not good-looking-he was cute(ish)

Between mass subscription cancellations and plunging stock price Disney has lost $3 billion this week.

Go Nazi, go broke!

Fallon was very handsome in the late 1990s. Guy next door but also kind of stunning face structure, for several years. Get over yourselves.

But he was also short and drunk.

[quote] No exaggeration: It would require a month-long, every night, documentary series, episodes running 90 minutes or so, to tell the Trump as President story. It will run 50-60 episodes, minimally, once this period of history has been made final. This era is beyond imagination.

Someone on Facebook wants everyone to start calling their offices to complain. Nexstar Sinclair, and all the affiliates the own. Express ANGER.

[bold] Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon = Simulated Gay Threesome by Frankie Grande. [/bold]..........just weeks ago......Fallon might very well be next....SCREENSHOT.

Fallon standing next to Franke Grande, who is standing next to the bed where a threesome was acted out minutes before. I'm no rocket scientist but I'm pretty sure FALLON ain't safe either.

ugh....So fucking cringe.

Trump doesn't care if Fallon is fucking dogs on the Tonight Show, as long as he's not insulting him.

R546 this is bullshit. At his last contract, Kimmel was determined to leave. For whatever reason, ABC desperately wanted him to stay. One of the things ABC offered was summers off.

They were definitely not looking for a way to get rid of him. In fact, they're trying to keep him as we speak.

R569 Kimmel has a few months left on his contract. And other sources say ABC was looking for ways to cut him loose. It all depends on what news sources you read and their particular point of view.

If ABC was looking for a way to cut Kimmel loose, they picked the worst way possible to do it.

Still TBD if a court will determine if breach of contract still applies when there's only a few months left on a contract.

Let’s just agree this is a fluid situation that seems to be creating news updates every few minutes and lots of hot takes by talking heads of varying points of view. As for me, I don’t really like any of the involved parties. Let’s just hope there’s not an awful precedent set.

The Post is saying Jimmy is negotiating to come back.

I bet in a few weeks, everything will be as it was and everyone will act like this whole thing never happened

Fallon should have been shitcanned years ago for this alone.

[quote] The Post is saying Jimmy is negotiating to come back.

I assume there will be guardrails and proper oversight put in place. Kimmel wouldn’t have been in this situation if established standards and practices were enforced.

"Established standards"? Sorry, the country's never been in the position before of the POTUS demanding that a public company employee be terminated because of his hurt feelings and that company complying with his threats and demands.

Yes r573 in a few weeks I'll forget all about "Kimmel, Kimmel, Kimmel".

Just like I've already forgotten about "Russia, Russia, Russia" and "Epstein, Epstein, Epstein"

I hope both sides will be ok and get along with each other nicely- ‘’Can’t we all just get along’’

Yes, let's all pray that the greedy international media monopoly and racist fascist dictator POTUS can just find a way to hug it out.

Don’t apologize Jimmy!

Sinclair Broadcasting, one of the ABC affiliates who demanded the apology from Kimmel, has backed out of its plan to broadcast a tribute to Charlie Kirk, relegating it to YouTube.

Too late Sinclair. You're gonna get sued into bankruptcy. You and the other one along with ABC, Comcast Disney and Hulu. Not to mention the Federal gov't. FCC, etc.

Disney can survive without Sinclair, but it can't without the ever growing number of Hollywood creatives who are now publicly supporting the boycott and vowing not to work with Disney until this is resolved.

[quote]Sinclair Broadcasting, one of the ABC affiliates who demanded the apology from Kimmel, has backed out of its plan to broadcast a tribute to Charlie Kirk, relegating it to YouTube.

Only after getting pressure from Nick Fuentes, who reminded Sinclair that Charlie wasn't Nazi enough.

[quote]I bet in a few weeks, everything will be as it was and everyone will act like this whole thing never happened

This is an absurdly simplistic statement that bears no resemblance to the current situation in the US. Pay attention. This is not normal and it's not stopping any time soon. Everything is going to get a lot worse before it gets better, notning will ever be "as it was" ever again, and no one will ever act like "this whole thing never happened." This is an authoritarian takeover like something out of North Korea.

Walt Disney was a Hitler fan. Not much has changed with that company since he died.

But if we don’t think about it we can pretend. I can’t think about it a lot. I have too much to lose and it makes me crazy. I can only think about it in bits and pieces until I’m able to control my living in fear. It’s a terrible way to spend my golden years.

A point I haven't seen anybody else bring up. The Magas don't watch Kimmel, aren't interested in his monologue. The only way they'd see it and find it objectionable is thru the eyes of Newsmax and Fox. Anchors on those networks show edited clips with their own "spin" commentary. They claim it's offensive, call Kimmel a liar, and encourage their viewers to complain to ABC.

That's how it starts!

[bold] The "Funeral" is going to be insane. [/bold] Wait for it.

[quote] The Magas don't watch Kimmel, aren't interested in his monologue. The only way they'd see it and find it objectionable is thru the eyes of Newsmax and Fox.

Your belief that MAGAs don’t have access to the internet, including X, Facebook, YouTube and others, is bizarre.

At least the media coverage of the "The Funeral" isn't going to be as large as they wanted it to be.

It's a small win, but we'll take whatever win we can get these days.

r591, that you see the amount of media coverage of the funeral, of all things, as a win or loss, is really weird.

[quote]Walt Disney was a Hitler fan. Not much has changed with that company since he died.

Except, you know, for all the JEWISH CEO's they've had since then 🙄

Conan O’Brien Says Jimmy Kimmel Suspension “Should Disturb Everyone”: “It’s Wrong”:

Interesting that Sinclair backed off. They own a station in my very liberal area. I’ll bet local advertisers refused to buy commercial time. (I haven’t watched that channel since they took ownership years ago)

r592 = The Widow Kirk, warming up with some morning mourning outrage.

[quote]that you see the amount of media coverage of the funeral, of all things, as a win or loss, is really weird.

No, it doesn't and the fact you think so is evidence of how weird you are.

Complaining to executives at Nexstar or Sinclair only males sense for people who live in their districts. Even then it may not marter, these people are fanatics AND greedy for cash.

R592 is particularly ridiculous trotting out that line of b.s. when her Dear Leader can never shut up about TV ratings and crowd sizes. "Really weird" indeed.

Going local works. When they went after Kimmel they claimed their customers objected, and they talked about "values" etc. So IMO complaining to your affiliates is very effective. And don't stop complaining.